Japanese Wrestler Name Generator
Puroresu Ring Names from Legends to Masked Juniors
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Generate Japanese wrestler names in every puroresu style: real-sounding heavyweight names like Kengo Arashi, masked junior gimmicks like Raijin Mask, all-caps ring names like KAZAMA, and joshi stage names like Thunder Ayane, alongside the legends of NJPW, AJPW, NOAH and Stardom.
About japanese wrestler names
Japanese wrestler names work differently from American ring names. The default in puroresu is a real name, romanized given-name first: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada, Kenta Kobashi, Mitsuharu Misawa. The gimmick lives in the nickname (Rainmaker, The Ace, Stone Pitbull, Ungovernable) rather than in the name itself, so a convincing original needs a plausible Japanese given name paired with a surname that sounds strong when an announcer draws it out.
The second tradition is the masked junior heavyweight. Tiger Mask, Jushin Thunder Liger, Ultimo Dragon, Hayabusa, El Desperado and BUSHI mix Japanese words for animals, weather and folklore with Spanish and English borrowed from lucha libre. A third style drops the surname and shouts the name in capitals: KENTA, SANADA, EVIL, HARASHIMA, AZM. Joshi promotions add their own registers, from gimmick-plus-given-name (Lioness Asuka, Dynamite Kansai, Bull Nakano) to cute anglicized stage names (Starlight Kid, Natsupoi, Koguma).
This list covers all of those, mixing legends of NJPW, AJPW, NOAH, FMW, Dragon Gate and Stardom with original names you can use for a fantasy booking roster, a Fire Pro Wrestling save, a manga character or a puroresu-inspired tabletop game.
Tips for choosing a name
- For a heavyweight, use a real two-part name and save the gimmick for the nickname: Kengo Arashi ‘The Iron Typhoon’ sounds more like a New Japan main eventer than a name like Thunder Samurai.
- Masked juniors take one strong noun plus Mask, Kid or a lucha word: Raijin Mask, Kappa Kid, El Tengu. Pick a yokai, weather or animal word and keep it to two or three syllables.
- Joshi names split between real names (Mayu Iwatani, Syuri) and gimmick names (Thunder Ayane, Starlight Rio). Heels tend toward Devil, Shark and Dump; babyfaces toward Cutie, Sweet and Star.
- An all-caps single name (KAZAMA, RAIDEN, SHIDO) reads as a heel or a rebel; stables in Japan love this format, so give a whole faction matching capitalised names.
- Watch the romanization: pick one system and stick with it. Ryu and Ryuu, Kohei and Kouhei are the same name, and mixing them on one roster looks like a typo.
Frequently asked questions
How are Japanese wrestler names written, family name first or given name first?
In English-language puroresu coverage the given name comes first: Hiroshi Tanahashi, not Tanahashi Hiroshi. In Japan the order is reversed and the name is written in kanji, but promotions like NJPW, NOAH and Stardom use Western order on their English graphics, so that is the convention this generator follows.
Why do so many Japanese wrestlers use all-caps names like KENTA or SANADA?
Capitalised single names started as a way to mark a new persona or a trademarked gimmick that belongs to the wrestler rather than the promotion. KENTA adopted it when he turned heel in NOAH, SANADA and EVIL used it when joining Los Ingobernables de Japon, and Stardom stars like AZM use it as a stage name. It signals attitude and reads well on a graphic.
What are famous masked Japanese wrestlers?
The classic lineage runs Tiger Mask (Satoru Sayama and successors), Jushin Thunder Liger, Ultimo Dragon, The Great Sasuke, Hayabusa, Super Delfin and Black Tiger. Current masked stars include El Desperado, BUSHI, Dragon Kid, Shun Skywalker and Starlight Kid. Many combine a Japanese animal or myth word with a lucha-style El or Mask.
Can I use these names for Fire Pro Wrestling or a fantasy booking game?
Yes. The original names (everything that is not an obvious legend) are free to use for created wrestlers, fan promotions, fiction and tabletop games. If you want a full roster, pair heavyweights with real-sounding names, juniors with masks or Kid names, and a heel stable with capitalised single names.
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- Antonio Inoki
- Giant Baba
- Jumbo Tsuruta
- Tatsumi Fujinami
- Riki Choshu
- Genichiro Tenryu
- Keiji Mutoh
- The Great Muta
- Masahiro Chono
- Shinya Hashimoto
- Hiroshi Hase
- Kensuke Sasaki
- Jushin Thunder Liger
- Tiger Mask
- Black Tiger
- The Great Kabuki
- The Great Sasuke
- Ultimo Dragon
- Hayabusa
- Jinsei Shinzaki
- Super Delfin
- Dick Togo
- TAKA Michinoku
- Gran Hamada
- Atsushi Onita
- Tarzan Goto
- Mr. Pogo
- Masato Tanaka
- Mitsuharu Misawa
- Kenta Kobashi
- Toshiaki Kawada
- Akira Taue
- Jun Akiyama
- Takao Omori
- Yoshihiro Takayama
- Yuji Nagata
- Manabu Nakanishi
- Hiroyoshi Tenzan
- Satoshi Kojima
- Togi Makabe
- Hirooki Goto
- Tomohiro Ishii
- Toru Yano
- Katsuyori Shibata
- Minoru Suzuki
- Akira Maeda
- Nobuhiko Takada
- Masakatsu Funaki
- Kazushi Sakuraba
- Yoshiaki Fujiwara
- Kiyoshi Tamura
- Hiroshi Tanahashi
- Kazuchika Okada
- Tetsuya Naito
- Kota Ibushi
- Shinsuke Nakamura
- Shingo Takagi
- Hiromu Takahashi
- SANADA
- EVIL
- BUSHI
- El Desperado
- Taiji Ishimori
- Ryusuke Taguchi
- Master Wato
- Yoshi-Hashi
- Yujiro Takahashi
- Taichi
- Tomoaki Honma
- Shota Umino
- Ren Narita
- Yota Tsuji
- Naomichi Marufuji
- KENTA
- Go Shiozaki
- Katsuhiko Nakajima
- Kaito Kiyomiya
- Kenoh
- Takashi Sugiura
- Takeshi Morishima
- Yoshinari Ogawa
- Konosuke Takeshita
- Tetsuya Endo
- Yuki Ueno
- HARASHIMA
- Daisuke Sekimoto
- Yuji Okabayashi
- Abdullah Kobayashi
- Ryuji Ito
- Jun Kasai
- Isami Kodaka
- Shinjiro Otani
- Koji Kanemoto
- Tatsuhito Takaiwa
- El Samurai
- Shiro Koshinaka
- Kengo Kimura
- Super Strong Machine
- Akira Tozawa
- CIMA
- Masaaki Mochizuki
- Don Fujii
- Dragon Kid
- Masato Yoshino
- Naruki Doi
- BxB Hulk
- YAMATO
- Shun Skywalker
- Yoshihiro Tajiri
- Kintaro Kanemura
- Fujita Jr. Hayato
- Manami Toyota
- Aja Kong
- Bull Nakano
- Dump Matsumoto
- Chigusa Nagayo
- Lioness Asuka
- Jaguar Yokota
- Devil Masami
- Yumiko Hotta
- Kyoko Inoue
- Akira Hokuto
- Mayumi Ozaki
- Dynamite Kansai
- Cutie Suzuki
- Plum Mariko
- Shinobu Kandori
- Megumi Kudo
- Combat Toyoda
- Shark Tsuchiya
- Nanae Takahashi
- Meiko Satomura
- Emi Sakura
- Asuka
- Io Shirai
- Kairi Sane
- Mayu Iwatani
- Momo Watanabe
- Utami Hayashishita
- Giulia
- Syuri
- Tam Nakano
- Saya Kamitani
- AZM
- Starlight Kid
- Mina Shirakawa
- Maika
- Himeka
- Natsupoi
- Hazuki
- Koguma
- Suzu Suzuki
- Sareee
- Chihiro Hashimoto
- DASH Chisako
- Hiroyo Matsumoto
- Miyu Yamashita
- Yuka Sakazaki
- Shoko Nakajima
- Maki Itoh
- Hikaru Shida
- Riho
- Bison Kimura
- Eagle Sawai
- Ryota Kurosawa
- Daisuke Arashi
- Takumi Sakuragi
- Shohei Kuramoto
- Riku Tachibana
- Raiden Kuroki
- Yamato Kurogane
- Kazuki Raikoh
- Kurogane Mask
- Raijin Mask
- Fujin Mask
- Shinobi Mask
- Kagetora
- Onimaru
- Shura
- Kamui
- Tengu Mask
- Kitsune Mask
- Oni Kaiser
- Black Hayabusa
- Gold Dragon
- Silver Tiger
- Crimson Tiger
- White Liger
- Thunder Ryu
- Lightning Kid
- Phantom Kid
- Neo Tiger
- Blue Shinobi
- Ryu Tenkai
- Kintaro Mask
- Benkei Musashi
- Samurai Ken
- Ninja Kaminari
- Strong Saburo
- The Great Kurenai
- The Great Tachibana
- The Great Hanzo
- Kaiju Kobayashi
- Gorilla Goto
- Dragon Ryoma
- Tornado Fujioka
- Wolf Ishizaki
- Gaijin Hunter Hiraga
- Kurogane Taro
- Kaminari Kid
- Raiden Kid
- Musashi the Ronin
- Yamabushi
- Ryujin
- Kirin
- Seiryu
- Byakko
- Suzaku
- Kurohyo
- Akatsuki
- Ikazuchi
- Inazuma
- Hayate
- Arashi
- Shippu
- Gekko
- Kagerou
- Yukimura
- Kenshiro
- Ryoken
- KAZAMA
- RAIDEN
- SHIDO
- HAKUTO
- RYUZO
- KUROBE
- KANZAKI
- MUGEN
- KAGE
- YAMI
- KAISER
- SHOGUN
- RONIN
- KENSEI
- KOJIRO
- MUSASHI
- HANZO
- KOTARO
- SASUKE
- Ryu Kanemitsu
- Tomoe Yagyu
- Kozue Harigaya
- Mika Kurosaki
- Ayane Tomikawa
- Kanon Hisakawa
- Rin Asakura
- Yumi Sakakibara
- Miho Torii
- Natsuki Akamine
- Nao Shirahama
- Miyu Kanbayashi
- Sakura Hiiragi
- Hina Amakusa
- Rio Mashiba
- Yuna Kirigaya
- Ami Kozakura
- Aoi Tokiwa
- Riko Nagumo
- Reina Fujikura
- Hinata Osako
- Mei Kurogawa
- Sayaka Tomonaga
- Mana Kitajima
- Erika Sumida
- Yui Kagami
- Nana Amamiya
- Haruka Sasahara
- Karen Tsuzuki
- Chisato Moriguchi
- Madoka Kawamoto
- Kaede Shinohara
- Ran Misaki
- Ai Tokunaga
- Mao Komiyama
- Sara Mihashi
- Momoka Iijima
- Yuuka Hirasawa
- Airi Narusawa
- Kurumi Hayase
- Koharu Tsubaki
- Sumire Nanjo
- Tsubame Kohinata
- Nagisa Kamiyama
- Fuka Yokomizo
- Lioness Mika
- Dynamite Kanon
- Combat Harigaya
- Thunder Ayane
- Bolt Kurosaki
- Viper Sakurai
- Storm Tomoe
- Tigress Yumi
- Panther Miho
- Jaguar Rin
- Crane Haruka
- Rumble Riko
- Hurricane Kaede
- Cutie Mana
- Sweet Nao
- Pixie Hina
- Starfire Yuna
- Moonlight Rio
- Galaxy Ami
- Cosmic Reina
- Neon Hinata
- Rebel Mei
- Punk Sayaka
- Rockin' Erika
- Shadow Yui
- Devil Nana
- Angel Karen
- Queen Chisato
- Princess Madoka
- Empress Ran
- Dream Mao
- Fighting Yuuka
- Muscle Kurumi
- Iron Koharu
- Ace Sumire
- Star Tsubame
- Flash Nagisa
- Bullet Fuka
- Sakura Kid
- Kaiju Girl
- Ninja Girl
- Tengu Girl
- Kitsune Hime
- Onihime
- Yukihime
- Tsukihime
- Kagehime
- Kurenai
- Shion
- Tsubaki
- Ayame
- Suzuran
- Kikyo
- Botan
- Hotaru
- Mikoto
- Tsukuyo
- Hisui
- Shizuku
- Nozomi
- Hibiki
- Konoha
- Kohaku
- Satsuki
- Kisaragi
- Go Arashi
- Ren Kuga
- Sho Tachikawa
- Jin Kurusu
- Kai Mizoroki
- Rui Hamanaka
- Toma Saejima
- Ryu Oyaizu
- Kei Onizawa
- Taiyo Kasai
- Daigo Kageyama
- Kenshi Morimoto
- Shuhei Tobita
- Yoshio Kakizaki
- Kuma Ishimaru
- Hiroto Kanbayashi
- Takaya Hirakawa
- Rintaro Mogami
- Kazuto Ikuta
- Yuzuru Kamio
- Masahide Serizawa
- Kiyotaka Nobe
- Tatsuro Ishige
- Shinnosuke Ueno
- Mikio Karasawa
- Reiji Sagara
- Tokio Enomoto
- Takumi Sasaoka
- Yoshito Nagano
- Ryotaro Hinode
- Daichi Kuroiwa
- Souma Akimoto
- Kazunari Tsujimoto
- Naoto Mitsuya
- Kunio Hatta
- Toshiya Shingu
- Kohaku Danjo
- Yuji Takasago
- Akihiro Iwakura
- Kenjiro Onoe
- Itsuki Wakasa
- Hideaki Sumiyoshi
- Ryuta Sakaki
- Tatsumi Ohashi
- Yushin Koide
- Michinoku Taro
- Tohoku Kaminari
- Osaka Bullet
- Kansai Kid
- Hokkaido Bear
- Kyushu Tiger
- Okinawa Shisa
- Edo Ninja
- Yokohama Jet
- Nagoya Hammer
- Mount Fuji Kenzo
- Shinjuku Shadow
- Harajuku Kid
- Akiba Ranger
- Tokyo Joker
- Ryuken Mask
- Hannya Mask
- Kabuki Mask
- Noh Mask
- Tengu Kaito
- Kappa Kid
- Tanuki Mask
- Karasu
- Ookami
- Kumadori
- Onryo
- Ashura
- Fudo Myo-o
- Bishamon
- Raiju
- Nue
- Orochi
- Bakeneko
- Jorogumo
- Yuki Onna
- Kaguya
- Hime Tornado
- Ayame Thunder
- Sakura Storm
- Tsubaki Fury
- Queen Hisui
- Princess Kohaku
- Yuki Hime Rin
- Lady Onryo
- Miss Kaminari
- Mademoiselle Kurenai
- Tiger Queen
- Dragon Girl
- Phoenix Mei
- Lioness Hinako
- Panther Reika
- Jaguar Ayaka
- Wildcat Sana
- Alleycat Yuna
- Nekomimi Kid
- Bunny Riko
- Kitten Mika
- Idol Fighter Yume
- Super Idol Nanami
- Mega Star Aika
- Starlight Rio
- Moonbeam Kana
- Rocket Yuzu
- Comet Airi
- Nova Tsubasa
- Cosmo Nanase
- Miss Dynamite
- Baby Face Momo
- Heel Queen Miyu
- Sweet Devil Hina
- Tenzan Kuroda
- Daikaiju Sakamoto
- Big Ryu Arakawa
- Giant Kuroki
- Strong Hayashi
- Mighty Sugimura
- Great Togo
- El Tengu
- El Kitsune
- El Shogun
- Black Shinobi
- Red Kaminari
- Gold Oni
- Rainmaker Jr.
- Stardust Kazuki
- Golden Hawk Yuto
- Iron Dragon Masaki
- Blue Thunder Kenta
- Bone Crusher Hoshino
- Headhunter Kitagawa
- Dropkick Tanigaki
- Suplex Machine Fukui
- Lariat King Murata
- Yamata no Orochi Mask
- Takeshi Kurosu
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